Control4® Smart Home Entertainment Guide
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Control4® Smart Home Entertainment Guide Contents My Movies menu overview 2 Watching movies 3 Channels menu overview 4 Note: The information in this guide applies to the latest Control4 system capabilities Features can vary between customized Watching TV channels 5 installations and Control4 software releases, so contact your Listen menu overview 6 dealer with any questions about available features Listening to digital music files 7 Listening to streaming audio 8 Playing music from your iOS device 8 Legal notices 9 My Movies menu overview For movies to appear in this menu, they need to be stored on your network as a digital video file (with a compatible media player in your system) or available on an attached disc changer Displays movies sorted Displays your movies Displays your movies Displays your movies Displays your movies by title sorted by genre sorted by actor sorted by director sorted by rating Search Search by title, genre, actors, ratings, or directors 2 Watching movies 3 To read details about a movie, select the movie icon The movie details screen opens, displaying (if available) length, rating, year of release, Control4 makes it easier than ever to browse through and search your movie summary, cast list, and more collection To search for a movie: To browse for a movie: 1 Select the Search icon A search menu opens 1 On a Navigator’s home screen, select Watch, then My Movies A list of available movies appears 2 To the left of the text input field, select the field to search by (title, actor, etc ), then type your search term A list of matching movies appears 2 Sort the list by title, genre, actor, director, or rating by selecting the appropriate icon along the top of the screen To watch a movie: Genre sort 1 Select the movie thumbnail to open the movie details screen, then select the thumbnail again Use your Control4 remote to control movie playback 3 Channels menu overview The Channels menu brings all of your TV, cable, and satellite channels into one location Channels available in this menu depend on your broadcast, cable, or satellite signal provider and can be tailored to your liking If you want only your favorite channels listed, you can edit the available channels with Composer Media Edition, or your dealer can help you For more information, see the Composer Media Edition User Guide at ctrl4.co/me-ug Lists all available Lists channels Lists channels channels, regardless sorted by source sorted by genre of source Grid view Select to display all channels as icon tiles List view Select to display all channels in a list 4 Watching TV channels Use Control4 to browse through, search for, and select TV channels Most To watch a channel: channel listings include their logo to help you identify them 1 After finding the channel in the channel list, just select the channel icon The channel begins playing on the associated TV To browse for a channel: 1 On a Navigator’s home screen, select Watch, then Channels A list of available stations appears 2 Sort the list by channel number, channel source, or channel genre (Channel number sort shown below ) Channel sort 5 Listen menu overview Menu options depend on the source you’re listening to—music streaming service, radio stations, or your personal audio file collection stored on your home network Control4 gives you high-resolution album cover art and an intuitive search, sort, and playback experience regardless of the source The screen below is an example of the controls for your digital music collection Lists all available Lists music Lists music Lists all playlists albums sorted by artists sorted by genre List view Select to display all items in a list Grid view Select to display all items as icon tiles Search Search by album, artist, genre, or playlists 6 Listening to digital music files If you have your music collection stored as files on your home network or To play music: attached USB drive, you can find and play selections through the Control4 1 Select an album Album details, as well as playback controls, open menu Your Control4 Dealer can set up the system to find your digital music files To browse your digital music files: 1 On a Navigator’s home screen, select Listen, then My Music 2 To play the album, select Play To shuffle the order of the tracks, select Shuffle A list of available albums appears 3 For more playback options, select the options menu 2 Sort the list by album, artist, genre, or playlist (Album sort shown below ) The music is displayed in list view by default (Playlists have a limit of 500 songs ) Album sort 7 Listening to streaming audio Playing music from your iOS device You can use Control4 to manage playback from any of your supported Using Control4 ShairBridge™ (available on select system controllers), you can streaming music services Your Control4 Dealer can set up the system to work stream music from your own iOS smartphone or tablet Even guests can stream with your streaming accounts music to your home! Supported streaming services include iHeartRadio, SiriusXM, Spotify, Napster, To stream music from your iOS device: TuneIn, Pandora, TIDAL, and Deezer 1 Make sure your Apple device (an iOS device running iOS 8 0 or later or To play streaming music: other devices running iTunes 12 or later) is compatible with AirPlay 1 On a Navigator’s home screen, select Listen, then select the service you 2 Connect your iOS device and your AirPlay device to the same WiFi or want to use (Pandora is used in this example ) Ethernet network 3 On your iOS device, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to access Control Center 4 Tap AirPlay 5 Tap the name of the device you want to stream content to To turn off ShairBridge: 1 On your iOS device, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to access Control Center A list of available music appears 2 Tap AirPlay 2 Select the music category or other criteria on the top and on the left 3 Tap your device at the top of the AirPlay list (categories depend on the service being used), then select the music on the right for playback Music similar to Pandora stations will play without further selection 8 Legal notices Control4 disclaimer MPEG Control4® makes no representations or warranties with respect to this publication, and Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson Supply of this product does not convey a license nor any particular purpose Control4 reserves the right to make changes to any and all parts imply any right to distribute content created with this product in revenue-generating of this publication at any time, without any obligation to notify any person or entity of broadcast systems (terrestrial, satellite, cable, and /or other distribution channels), such changes streaming applications (via Internet, intranets, and/or other networks), other content distribution systems (pay-audio or audio-on-demand applications, and the like) or on GNU physical media (compact discs, digital versatile discs, semiconductor chips, hard drives, GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, memory cards, and the like) An independent license for such use is required For details, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION (Section 3 b ) visit mp3licensing.com Radio Locator is the service provider of AM/FM channel list You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in Spread object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that This product uses software developed by Spread Concepts LLC for use in the Spread you also do one of the following: toolkit For more information about Spread see www.spread.org Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a Copyright and trademarks complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 on a medium customarily used for software Copyright ©2017, Control4 Corporation All rights reserved Control4, the Control4 logo, interchange the 4-ball logo, 4Sight, Control4 My Home, and Mockupancy are registered trademarks or trademarks of Control4 Corporation in the United States and/or other countries All The complete text for this license is available on the Control4 web site at: other names and brands may be claimed as the property of their respective owners All www.control4.com specifications subject to change without notice Gracenote No part of this publication may be reproduced, photocopied, stored on a retrieval system, or transmitted without the express written consent of the publisher Gracenote®, Gracenote logo and logotype, and the “Powered by Gracenote” logo are either a registered trademark or a trademark of Gracenote, Inc in the United States and/or other countries Music and DVD recognition technology and related Contact information data are provided by Gracenote® Gracenote is the industry standard in Music and Control4 Corporation DVD recognition technology and related content delivery For more information visit 11734 S Election Road www.gracenote.com Salt Lake City, UT 84020 USA www.control4.com control4 com | 888 400 4070 C DOC-00176-C 2017-09-06 MS.